How much does a slow cooker cost per month in North Carolina?

About $1.18 a month, assuming 200 W, 8 hours a day, 60 days a year at 14.74¢/kWh.

How many kilowatt-hours does a slow cooker use?

Roughly 96 kWh a year under these assumptions, or 0.20 kWh for every hour it runs.

Is that expensive compared with other states?

North Carolina has the 11th cheapest average residential rate in the country, so this appliance costs less here than the U.S. average of $17.61 a year.

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Cost to run a slow cooker in North Carolina (June 2026 rates)

At 14.74¢ per kilowatt-hour — North Carolina's average residential price in June 2026 — running a slow cooker costs $14.15 a year. That is 20% less than the national average of $17.61. North Carolina's residential rate is up 10.2% from June 2025, which moves this appliance from $12.84 to $14.15 a year.

Per hour: 2.9¢
Per day of use: 23.6¢
Per month: $1.18
Per year: $14.15

Assumption: 200 W, 8 hours a day, 60 days a year — 96 kWh a year. A 6-quart cooker on low. Eight hours at 200 W is less energy than one hour of oven time. Use the calculator to swap in the numbers from your own model.

How North Carolina compares

North Carolina pays 14.74¢/kWh, the 11th cheapest residential electricity of the 51 U.S. jurisdictions EIA reports. For this appliance that works out to $3.46 less a year than the typical U.S. household pays for the same use. Running the same slow cooker costs $12.59 a year in Nevada and $50.61 in Hawaii, so where you live changes this bill by $38.03 a year.

State	Rate	Per month	Per year
Oklahoma	14.33¢	$1.15	$13.76
Idaho	14.37¢	$1.15	$13.80
North Carolina	14.74¢	$1.18	$14.15
Mississippi	14.88¢	$1.19	$14.28
Washington	14.91¢	$1.19	$14.31

States ranked by average residential price, cheapest first. See all 51 states for a slow cooker.

What else costs about the same in North Carolina

Hair dryer$13.93 a year in NC Wi-fi router$12.91 a year in NC Treadmill$15.48 a year in NC

Cutting the number down

Long and low is genuinely cheap: the whole point is a small element holding a well-insulated pot, not a big element fighting a big cavity.
Lifting the lid to peek costs 15 to 20 minutes of added cooking time each go.

Questions

How much does a slow cooker cost per month in North Carolina?: About $1.18 a month, assuming 200 W, 8 hours a day, 60 days a year at 14.74¢/kWh.
How many kilowatt-hours does a slow cooker use?: Roughly 96 kWh a year under these assumptions, or 0.20 kWh for every hour it runs.
Is that expensive compared with other states?: North Carolina has the 11th cheapest average residential rate in the country, so this appliance costs less here than the U.S. average of $17.61 a year.